---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-25-000782"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ECL"
cik: "0000031462"
company_name: "ECOLAB INC."
filed_at: "2025-02-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T23:36:01.566552+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.78
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.78
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ecolab Q4 adjusted EPS $1.81, +17%; organic sales +4%; FY2025 EPS guidance $7.42-$7.62

## Summary
- Q4 reported EPS $1.66, adjusted EPS $1.81 (+17%); revenue $4.0B (+2% reported, +4% organic).
- Industrial segment organic sales +3%; Institutional & Specialty organic +6%, operating income +19%.
- Record full-year free cash flow of $1.8B; FY2024 adjusted EPS $6.65.
- FY2025 adjusted EPS outlook $7.42-$7.62 (+12%-15%); Q1 guidance $1.47-$1.53 (+10%-14%).
- New segment alignment effective Q1 2025: rename Industrial to Global Water, Life Sciences standalone.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-25-000782
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ECL
- cik: 0000031462
- company_name: ECOLAB INC.
- filed_at: 2025-02-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.78
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.78
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837025000782/0001558370-25-000782-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31462/000155837025000782/ecl-20250211x8k.htm

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